Safety hair-pin.



No. 720,601. PATENTlEiD FEB. 17, 1903.

A. H. MOSHER.

SAFETY HAIR PIN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA HILL MOSHER, OF WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY HAIR-PIN SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersratent No. 720,601, dated February 17, 1903.

Application filed March 22, 1902; Serial No. 99,467. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA HILL MOSHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Safety Hair-Pin, of which the followingisa specification.

This invention relates generally to hairpins, and more particularly to a safety hairpin, the object of the invention being to provide a device which can be inserted into the hair the same as an ordinary hair-pin and then looked therein, so as to prevent the hairpin workingloose, as commonly occurs with hair-pins nowin use.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in providing a U shaped hair-pin with a spring-metal fastening de-. vice whichcan be completelyiwithdrawn into the pin for the purpose of inserting the hairpin into the hair and can then be projected outwardly beyondthe pin for the purpose of engaging the hair and preventing the pin The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings; forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safety hair-pin constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view,'partly in section and partly in elevation, illustrating the construction and, arrangement'ofthe locking member. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation, partly in section, showing the parts in the same position as they occupy in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the position'the parts occupy when'the-locking member is forced into the pin prior to introducing the pin into the hair. Figs. 5 and Gare detail views showing the openings produced in the hair-pin.

In carrying out my invention I employ a hair-pin A, essentially U-shaped and preferably constructed of tubular material. This hair-pin A has openings A produced in the front of each member near the bow or head of the pin, the lower edges A of these openings being abrupt, as most clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the purpose of which will appear hereinafter. Openings A are also produced in the outer sides of each member of the pin, the said openings being produced a short distance above the center of the pin. A spring-metal fastening member is arranged for cooperation with the hair-pin, the said spring-metal fastening member being preferably constructed of a fine piece of springwire B, bent, essentially, in the same form as I the hair-pin, the members B being arranged parallel and substantially the same distance apart as the members of the pin A. The lower ends of the members B are bent back upon themselves, as shown at B crossing the members at B and are curved outwardly, as shown 'at B The wire is bent in this manner before being connected to the pin, and in order to connect the said wire to'the pin, ends B3 are introduced into the openings A and the spring-metal fastening membergforced down into the pin, each member B passing down the tubular leg of the pin, and when the wire has been forced down as far as it willgo the head or "bow portion will rest against the abrupt side A of the opening A. When the fastening member is inthis position, the ends or prongs "will be completely retained within the pin and the pin can then be introduced into the hair.

'After the pin has been placed in thehair the head or bow portion of the fastening member is drawn upwardly,and the prongs or outwardlyfcurved ends B will be projected through the side openings A producing laterally-projecting prongs at each side ofthe hair-pin,

jwhich serve to retain the pin in its proper position and prevent it working loose in the hair. It will also be noted by reference to Fig. 4 that the cross-piece or bowed portion of the pin will contact with the hair as the ,hair-pin is pushed into the hair, and this contact with the hair will in itself forcethe bowed portion of the pin outwardly,'and thereby project the prongs outof thepin proper at each side. When it is desired to remove the hair-pin, the fastening member is again forced into the pin, as shown in Fig. 4, and

'the pin can then be removed the same as the ordinary hair-pin.

The simplicity of the device renders it cheap and easy of both construction and manipulation.

l l l l posite side,said end's resting when in their lowermost position immediately below said lower perforations and adapted to be projected through them when the Wire member is drawn upward and to be held in either position by the frictional contact of the bent portions with the sides of the tubular members.

ASA HILL MOSHER.

Witnesses:

Mrs. A. H. lVIOSI-IER, W. E. WILSON. 

